It’s slim pickings at some apple orchards this year. This is the reason

OTTAWA — The Liberal government’s oil and gas emissions cap may not even be fully implemented yet, but the Opposition Conservatives aren’t waiting to go in for the kill. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said in the House of Commons on Monday that, even in its preliminary form, the federal emissions cap is chilling private investment in the oil and gas sector, to the tune of billions in lost opportunities. “It turns out that nobody wants to build a pipeline when the government bans you from producing the oil to put into it,” said Poilievre. Poilievre was speaking in favour...